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It’s been nearly two years that Chris Kronner has been searching for a permanent Oakland location for his popular San Francisco–founded pop-up, Kronnerburger. And it looks like there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel, as he’s set a target opening date of mid-October to launch his own restaurant—in his very own non-shared space—on Piedmont Avenue.

“It’ll be a very welcome change,” he says, “not to have to drag everything around with me everywhere I go. That gets a little old.”

As previously reported, Kronner is taking over the former J’s Mexican-American restaurant, a unique triangular building and former train depot located on the heart of Piedmont Avenue at 41st Street. It’s a fairly small space, about 1,200 square feet, half of which is devoted to the prep kitchen. But that feels like a “luxurious” amount of room, Kronner says, after the motley array of spaces in which he’s made food over the last few years. The prep space will also allow him to experiment with in-house butchery and dry aging.

Sample Bistro Ordinaire menu

As for the menu, that’s still a work in progress. Kronner will, of course, be serving his signature burger. But the planned open wood hearth grill should lend itself to using different cuts of meat and grilled vegetables. He also plans to utilize plenty raw seafood. He’ll be open for lunch through dinner until 10 p.m. most days, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays (and there is a full bar).

Anyone who wants a sneak peek at the fare should act quick: He’s continuing his periodic Bistro Ordinaire evening pop-ups at Ordinaire Wine Bar on Oakland’s Grand Avenue on Thursday and Friday evenings, but only through the end of August. He’ll also be catering tonight (Tuesday) at Japanese barware store Umami Mart’s two-year anniversary in Old Oakland.